Matthews: Everfound staying busy at summer festivals

Everfound is a band of three brothers, Ruslan, Nikita and Yan Odnoralov. Their family moved to Colorado from Denver in 1996.

Everfound is a band of three brothers, Ruslan, Nikita and Yan...

Everfound has released six EP's and two full-length albums since forming in 2007. The band is originally from Russia and consists of three brothers, Ruslan, Nikita and Yan Odnoralov. The band will visit Houston on Friday, July 24, for a special concert with Finding Favour at Wet 'N' Wild Splashtown in Spring. Nikita Odnoralov took time recently to talk about the band's music, summer festivals and name.

A: We just played the "Hills Alive" festival in South Dakota. We were surprised to see one of our favorite bands, Burlap To Cashmere, reunited to play the festival. They had the big song "Basic Instructions" that came out like 16 years ago. We would watch the video of their performance at Creation Festival when were 6 or 7 years old. It was awesome to see them together again after breaking up 14 years ago. As far as our favorite guys to hang out with, we love Colton Dixon, Thousand Foot Krutch and Hawk Nelson.

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A: We went through so many horrible and cheesy band names. It's based on the end of Romans chapter eight where it talks about nothing being able to separate us from the love of God. Ruslan came up with this one and it just stuck.

Q: Did you guys grow up playing music?

A: Our mom made us all learn to play the piano starting at age 6. We were all classically trained by our grandmother who was a piano teacher. Eventually we all moved on and started playing other things as well.

Q: You guys live in Denver now, but you were born in Russia. How did you guys get here?

A: After communism fell in the 90's and the borders opened up, my aunt filled out applications for all 13 aunts, uncles and family members to come to America. After a couple years we got approved and a church in Colorado offered to bring us over, so we came to America as political refugees. The only thing I remember is being astonished at how many women drove in America.

Q: What should we expect from you guys in the near future?

A: We have a few more festivals and shows to finish up in the fall. After that we are planning to finish the record we have been working on all year. We hope you will be able to hear it early next year.